Doctors Who ‘Self-Refer’ to Radiation Clinics Add to Patients’ Burden: Study – Researchers found 28 percent of urologists in Texas currently work in practices that self-refer for radiation oncology services. This model of self-referral is under investigation by the U.S. Government Accountability Office over concerns that financial incentives could be causing patients to receive more costly, unnecessary or possibly less effective procedures.

Profits, Quality, and U.S. Hospitals – HCA figured out how to get more revenue from private insurance companies, patients and Medicare by billing much more aggressively for its services than ever before.